Is it possible to show the console log within an app?

[TheStuFactor]

I'm not sure this is even possible, but figured this would be the place to ask.

Basically I'm trying to populate a UITextView within the app with the console log.

Right now I'm just calling a method on my RootViewController and passing a string. That string gets appended to an NSMutableString and I use the mutable string to populate the UITextView.

The problem I'm running into with this approach is that after the string reaches a certain size, it starts affecting performance and making the app all sluggish.

If I could somehow populate the UITextView with the console log, it will save me from the negative side-effects of maintaining a large string.

Anyone know how to do this? Is there another approach I should be considering?

Thanks in advance!

[dany_dev]

i don't understand what you want to do with the console.

However which size you reach for your string?...

[TheStuFactor]

Not sure of the exact size...but it'll get over 1 mg within 10 min use of the app (seems large but that size is normal and expected).

As to why I want to do this: I need to give my QA group a way to debug the application and qualify the bugs. They will not have access to XCode.

-S

[dany_dev]

look 2nd reply, can be a solution
cocoa touch - Is there a way to capture the ouput of NSLog on an iPhone when not connected to a debugger? - Stack Overflow

However I would try to see which is the slow operation, maybe append? if so i would use an array to store the strings...

[dudeofswim]

send the crash logs over? I remember there was something on github that did this.

[dany_dev]

yes, i already posted many project to do it
https://github.com/guicocoa/hoptoad-ios
plcrashreporter - In-process CrashReporter framework for the iPhone and Mac OS X - Google Project Hosting
https://github.com/kaler/CrashKit
https://github.com/amazingsyco/CrashReporter
https://github.com/devinross/CrashReporterDemo